There is no one way to pray a holy hour. The following might help if you get lost in the hour, but feel free to reconfigure it to suit your needs.

:00-:05 – Begin

First 5 Minutes: Ask the Holy Spirit to help you, then make acts of faith, hope, and charity. Tell God how you believe, trust, and love him. Ask for more faith, hope, and love.

Quick tip: There are great prayers to the Holy Spirit and Acts of Faith, Hope, and Love in the Compendium.

:05-:15 – Adoration

Next 10 Minutes: Adore God. He holds the universe like a seed in the palm of his hand. He is all powerful, all good, more beautiful than we can imagine, and more real than the small things that we grasp so easily. Imagine Christ sitting with you.

Tell him: “Oh my God, I adore your divine greatness from the depths of my littleness; you are so great, and I am so small.” or “Glory be …” Repeat as long as necessary.

Next 10 Minutes: Offer reparation. It’s not your love for God, but his for you that saves. Examine your conscience. Offer reparation for the sins of the world. Pray: “Oh my Jesus, I am so sorry. Forgive me.” (Imagine Jesus on the cross; kiss each wound.)

Next 10 Minutes: Express gratitude for all God’s gifts. He didn’t just create you, he sustains your existence out of love in every moment.

Thank him for literally everything, and be specific: food, shelter, clothing, health, family, friends, teachers, coworkers, home, and most of all spiritual gifts — faith, hope, love, this time of prayer, the Catholic faith, the disciples who reached you.

Thank God for answers to prayer. Thank him for crosses. Thank him for creating you and caring so much for you that he died for you.

Next 5 Minutes: Ask God for what you and others need. He is the king of the universe. He’s in control, even when it isn’t obvious.

Pray for: The Church, the pope’s intentions, for those who are suffering, for priests and bishops, for religious, for vocations, for your country, your family, for what you need most in the spiritual life. Pray for peace and the protection of the institution of the family. Pray for those who have asked for prayers.

:55-1:00

Final 5 Minutes: Make a resolution to act on a light of the Holy Spirit you received: something doable and checkable.

Ask the Blessed Mother to help you, perhaps with Marian prayers from the Compendium.